> I get: "ValueError: time data did not match format: ..." I'm running Linux in London, and I don't get that error.
Python 2.3.5 (#2, May 29 2005, 00:34:43) [GCC 3.3.6 (Debian 1:3.3.6-5)] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import time >>> date_str = "Wed Sep 14, 2005 5:07 PM BST" >>> format = "%a %b %d, %Y %I:%M %p %Z" >>> time.strptime(date_str, format) (2005, 9, 14, 17, 7, 0, 2, 257, 1) However, when I used another timezone (I tried EST and PST), I got the same error you did. I really don't know enough about how Python handles dates to tell you anything more. -- Diplomacy is saying "nice doggy" until you find a rock. - submitted by Nancy Greer to the CleanStuff mailing list -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list